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Looks like the Boeing 777 has gone down.
Search and rescue underway.
2-2.5 hours into Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight would put it over SE Asia somewhere.
239 may have perished.
No reports of Americans on board yet.
Chinese say there are 160 of their Nationals aboard among the 13 Nationalities reported aboard by the airline.
Unusually little info so far/app 10 hours in.
Press conference coming shortly.
(Info from watching Megan Kelly/Fox)
Malaysia Airlines says lost contact with plane carrying 239 people | Reuters
BY STUART GRUDGINGS
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 7, 2014 9:44pm EST
1 OF 2. A woman (C), believed to be the relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370,
covers her face as she cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing March 8, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
Search and rescue underway.
2-2.5 hours into Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight would put it over SE Asia somewhere.
239 may have perished.
No reports of Americans on board yet.
Chinese say there are 160 of their Nationals aboard among the 13 Nationalities reported aboard by the airline.
Unusually little info so far/app 10 hours in.
Press conference coming shortly.
(Info from watching Megan Kelly/Fox)
Malaysia Airlines says lost contact with plane carrying 239 people | Reuters
BY STUART GRUDGINGS
KUALA LUMPUR Fri Mar 7, 2014 9:44pm EST
(Reuters) - A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement.
"Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the authorities who have activated their search-and-rescue teams to locate the aircraft," it said.
Flight MH 370, operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in the Chinese capital at 6.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) the same day.
The airline said the flight had lost contact with Malaysian air traffic controllers at 2.40 a.m., just over two hours into the flight.
China's CCTV said 160 Chinese nationals were onboard the flight, according to microblogging website Weibo.
Chinese state TV also reported there had not been any reports received yet about any aircraft crashed in Chinese waters.
State news agency Xinhua reported radar contact with the flight was lost while it was in Vietnamese airspace.
If the plane is found to have crashed, the loss would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than a year, after an unblemished safety record since the jet entered service in 1995.".."
1 OF 2. A woman (C), believed to be the relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370,
covers her face as she cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing March 8, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON
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